Vehicle wheel



P. P. ADAMS vnaxcma WHEEL FETE P L/L "A174 M5 July 28, 1931'.

I Fil'ed Nov. 25. 1592s Patented July 28, 1931 UNITED STATES PETER PAUL ADAMS, or: TURKEY" RIVER, IIIOWA i VEHICLE WHEEL Application filed November 23, 1928. Serial No. 321,436. I,

This invention relates to vehicle wheels and one of the objects thereof is to provide particularly in FigureB, the narrower portion beingfindicatedat 12 and the wider portion at 13. The socket is also formed means for quickly and easily assembling a wheel in such a manner as to produce a light, strong and comparatively inexpensive Wheel. I

A further object is to provide dove tailed sockets having a narrower portion at one I side'of the hub than upon the other so that the tenon upon the spoke when inserted into the sockets or mortise will resist a sidewise or lateral thrust upon the spoke.

upon the hub so that the narrower end occurs upon alternate sockets thereby forming a wheel in which there is the greatest I I I I g and narrow portlons of the sockets and tenons as shown for instance in Figure l strength against sidewise thrust.

A still further object is to provide a connection between the hub and the spokes wherein no securing means such as plates, bolts or rivets are required.

Another object is to provide sockets in the hub for the reception of similarly formed tenons upon the spokes whereby. said spokes cannot be Withdrawn radiallyv from the huh. I

I With these and other objects in view which will be pointed out or are obvious as the description proceeds, the invention con sists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my device whereby the objects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth,"

tion of the spoke with the corresponding tenon for said socket.

In the drawings like reference characters refer to like parts in the various figures.

The wheel comprises a hub, a portion of which is shown at 10. Arranged around the periphery of the hub are sockets 11. The

sockets 11 gradually increase in size from one side of the hub to the other as shown with a series of stepped dove tails as shown I at 14 and .15with the inner end of the socket of the smallestwidth sothat it will not interfere with adjacent sockets.

' The spoke 16 shown in Figure 3'is formed with a corresponding tenon 17. The tenon l7ois preferably made slightly larger than the mortise '11 so that it is necessary to drive the same into the mortise under pressure.

A ve ry important feature of theinvention '65 consists in the alternate relation of the wide whereinfthe left hand socket has the wider portion thereof on the side of the hub fac ing the observer while the socket adjacent thereto has the narrower portion facing the remarkable degree when the thrusts are de-" livered in the vicinity of the felly as they are in actual practice. Even when the tenon is loosely fitted in the socket it is impossible to remove the spoke from the hub by press- I ing laterally upon the end of the spoke near the felly from either direction. When the spokes have their tenons tightly fitted into the sockets it is impossible to dislodge the spoke even by a blow upon this narower portion since the adjacent spokes will take up the strain and prevent any movement upon, the spoke subject to the sidewise thrust. It is therefore not necessary to make use of any side holding plates or bolts or ilvlets in order to secure these spokes to the It will be noted that the construction of l the Wheel'is exceedingly simple and that a very sturc'lv an d substantial structure is se: I cured. This is due particularly to the we wedging actions which are set up throughout the structure whenever subject to any shocks which would tend to disassemble the device.

Some changes may be made in the con struction and arrangement of the invention above set forth without departing from the real spirit and purposes thereof, and it is my intention to cover by the following claims any modified forms of structureor u'seo'f equivalents which may be reasonably in: cluded within their scope.

I claim: 1. A wheel comprising ahub having a series of sockets arranged about the periphery thereof, each of said sockets wedged shapedaxially and stepped wedged shaped 'i'ad ally, adjacent socketsarranged "with their respective axial tapers in opposite di ections" and spokes insertahle in "the sockets from opposite endsof and'axially with respect to'the hub 2. A wheel comprising a huh having a series of socketsarranged about the periph- 5 ery thereof, each of said sockets wedged shaped axially and stepped wedged shaped radially, adjacent sockets'arranged with their res ective axial tapersin opposite directions and each of said sockets extending axially so completely through the hub, and spokes havlng'tenons seate dwithin the sockets.

,In itesti nony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

BETER AULA AM 

